America,
along
with
large
segments
of
the
industrial
world,
embarked
on
a
“save
the
planet”
campaign,
stated
to
be
necessary
due
to
the
effects
humans
were
having
on
the
planet
using
fossil
fuels
and
increasing
CO2
levels.All
fossil
fuels
were
labeled
evil
and
environmentalists
began
breaking
into
and
protesting
all
the
vile
methods
humans
use
to
deface
and
damage
the
planet.

At
first,
much
hope
for
the
future
was
placed
on
wind
and
solar.Billions
of
dollars
were
spent
on
government
grants
and
giveaways
to
erect
the
400
foot
turbines
all
over
the
country.Reports
of
“wind
turbine
syndrome”
were
derided
as
sour
grapes
on
the
part
of
those
who
dared
argue
against
saving
the
planet.These
were
the
same
people
who
protested
Love
Canal
and
chemicals
and
were
enraged
when
people
doubted
them.Only
those
who
had
always
championed
the
earth
were
worth
listening
to—not
capitalists
out
to
poison
the
planet
and
make
millions.So
the
vibration
and
noise
were
ignored
by
the
government
and
developers.Eventually,
it
became
necessary
for
the
government
to
mandate
the
turbines
and
panels
go
up
due
to
many
malcontents
too
short
sighted
to
understand
the
urgent
needs
of
the
planet.

The
news
media
feeding
a
constant
stream
of
stories
about
how
wrong
energy
consumption
was
pretty
much
insured
the
people
elected
would
vote
to
remove
any
CO2
emitting
fuel
plants.All
the
money
went
to
the
turbines,
solar
panels
and
public
education
programs
espousing
the
“less
is
best”
theme.

In
time,
there
was
so
much
spending
on
renewables
that
coal
plants
were
left
to
crumble
in
place.Coal
comprised
21%
of
the
nation’s
energy
production
which
was
lost
as
plants
closed.Over
time,
natural
gas
plants
replaced
some
of
the
lost
production,
but
such
plants
were
limited
due
to
carbon
emissions.The
loss
of
coal
and
about
a
fifth
of
the
electricity
previously
produced
was
a
blow
to
the
country.Wind
and
solar
made
up
some
of
the
loss
when
the
sun
shown
and
the
wind
was
blowing.Storage
system
had
been
designed
for
wind
and
solar,
but
at
the
cost
of
billions
for
a
few
small
projects,
storage
was
quickly
abandoned.As
electrical
service
declined,
so
did
the
economy.For
a
while,
this
helped
stabilize
CO2
emissions
due
to
the
lack
of
demand.As
people
adapted,
business
picked
up
and
so
did
CO2
emissions.

Round
2
of
a
proposed
government
mandate
never
actually
had
to
be
passed
into
law.A
movie
on
the
Japanese
earthquake
2011
nuclear
holocaust
was
sufficient
to
spark
massive
nuclear
plant
closings.

Energy
output
fell
the
full
20%
that
nuclear
provided
in
the
U.S.More
impact
was
felt—energy
was
now
rationed.It
was
impossible,
even
with
multiple
movies
and
TV
specials,
to
convince
Americans
to
voluntarily
give
up
their
plasma
TV’s,
WII
games,
computers,
freezers,
waterbeds—whatever
it
took
to
cut
20%
of
their
electricity
usage.

Closing
nuclear
power
plants
had
already
reduced
Germany
and
Switzerland
to
third
world
status,
much
as
Australia
was
lost
to
carbon
tax
and
England
to
carbon
and
renewables.At
this
point,
wars
began
to
break
out
as
people’s
food
and
housing
supplies
dried
up.Manufacturing
continued
in
China
and
India,
as
neither
country
had
phased
out
coal
or
natural
gas
plants.But
the
dark
economies
in
Europe,
North
America,
and
South
America
began
to
impact
the
Chinese
and
Indian
economies.Countries
had
no
money
to
import
merchandise
and
people
struggled
just
to
stay
warm
and
eat.Small
farms
produced
vegetables
when
possible.Game
animals
were
reduced
to
less
than
half
their
pre-CO2
savings
level.Cattle
had
been
outlawed
early
on—too
much
methane.So
wildlife
became
the
only
source
of
food—deer,
elk,
moose
all
harvested
at
a
rapid
rate.

Land
that
remained
between
turbines
and
solar
panels
was
farmed,
though
with
oxen
and
no
chemicals.All
chemical
factories
closed
with
the
first
round
of
electricity
decreases
except
those
for
medicines.Malls
closed,
too.Electricity
remained
to
light
hospitals,
schools,
etc.,
plus
to
manufacture
essential
medications,
plants
for
processing
some
foods
and
so
on.Then
with
the
closing
of
nuclear
plants,
there
was
barely
enough
electricity
for
food,
hospitals
and
other
vital
services.

The
need
for
petroleum
dropped
to
5%
of
previous
usage.The
Middle
East
had
sold
to
China
and
India,
but
as
the
world
economies
collapsed,
so
did
Middle
East
oil.Instead
of
being
the
Godsend
Americans
had
envisioned,
with
no
money
coming
in
from
oil
sales,
the
Middle
East
heated
up.They
had
no
means
to
produce
food
in
a
desert
country
and
began
raiding
southern
Europe.Wars
and
skirmishes
were
common.Europe
could
produce
some
food,
but
without
chemicals,
harvests
became
smaller
and
smaller.Meat
was
from
game
there
as
well
and
as
the
supply
dwindled,
mass
extinction
of
species
followed.

Early
reductions
in
cattle,
pig
and
sheep
production
lead
to
mass
cuttings
of
rainforests
as
peoples
in
these
nations
began
raising
livestock
to
fill
demands
no
longer
filled
by
America
or
Europe.Nearly
80%
of
the
rainforests
were
cut
before
the
world
economy
collapsed
to
the
point
people
could
not
afford
to
pay
for
the
livestock.Farmers
then
turned
to
subsistence
farming
and
continued
to
cut
rainforests
for
wood
for
trading
with
other
nations
and
subsistence
farming.

The
world
became
a
dark
place
with
famines
and
wars
widespread.Energy
production
fell
to
pre-industrial
levels.Without
reliable
energy,
only
variable,
it
because
impossible
to
produce
turbines
and
solar
panels.Lights
went
out
all
over
the
planet.

During
this
time,
small
groups
of
people
had
formed
cooperatives
and
began
developing
energy
resources
similar
to
those
that
had
been
outlawed.Methane
was
easy
to
produce
from
garbage.Since
the
ability
monitor
violations
in
the
air
quality
codes
had
vanished,
no
one
could
tell
these
groups
had
returned
to
CO2
producing
energy
sources.While
environmentalists
continued
to
espouse
the
belief
that
the
current
dark
ages
had
saved
the
planet
from
a
fate
like
that
of
Venus,
a
growing
number
of
individuals
started
questioning
whether
the
current
situation
was
all
that
much
superior
to
Venus’s
fate.Yes,
the
human
race
still
existed
but
over
75%
had
perished
in
the
wars
and
famines.Fifty
percent
of
the
species
of
the
animals
were
driven
to
extinction
and
90%
of
the
rainforest
was
gone.Not
the
paradise
on
Earth
predicted
by
the
climate
change
pushers.

Looking
back,
some
did
understand
how
humans
arrived
at
this
state.Bowing
down
to
those
who
predicted
an
apocalypse
resulted
in
an
apocalypse
of
its
own.“We
have
to
something—a
crisis
is
coming”
lead
to
massive
loss
of
life
and
habitat.“Follow
the
Yellow
brick
road”
did
not
lead
to
a
wizard,
just
a
fate
that
was
really
almost
as
bad
as
the
one
predicted
if
we
failed
to
take
action.

Worse
yet,
no
one
would
ever
know
if
doing
nothing
would
actually
have
caused
an
apocalypse.But
doing
“something”
because
this
was
serious
and
needed
action
did
lead
to
a
very
bad
outcome.People
would
recover,
but
they
would
not
soon
forget
that
actions
have
consequences
and
we
need
to
understand
those
before
running
into
the
fray.

2011—the
21st
century
and
a
great
time
to
be
alive.In
2006,
Al
Gore
produced
“An
Inconvenient
Truth”
warning
us
in
no
uncertain
terms
that
our
prosperity
was
killing
the
planet.All
those
malls,
autos,
huge
homes
(well,
not
ALL
the
huge
homes—Gore
had
a
huge
home)
were
bound
to
cause
massive
global
warming—climate
change,
I
mean,
leaving
the
Earth
as
barren
as
Venus,
our
twin
planet
that
lost
its
atmosphere
due
to
runaway
global
warming.Al
Gore
showed
us
what
he
believed
would
happen
if
we
did
nothing.Let’s
take
a
look
at
what
could
happen
if
we
embrace
the
climate
change
prescription: